What Pluto Might Look Like [Illustration by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute]
What Pluto Might Look Like [Illustration by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute]
Planet!
Dad got me a subscription to Popular Science when I a
was about 11 years old in ‘62. I really enjoyed reading Were Von Braun’s articles about the American space program, especially Apollo. I don’t ever recall him writing phrases like “the launch on on America’s biggest, baddest rocket, tricked out with every conceivable booster.”
He had a great knack for communicating to lay people without such banalities. He really respected his readers.
I sure do miss America’s pre-dumbed-down days.
http://www.amazon.com/Have-Space-Suit-Heinleins-Juveniles-ebook/dp/B004XD1NJW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434270082&sr=8-1&keywords=have+space+suit%2C+will+travel
Countdown to Pluto’s closest approach July 14
New Pluto images from New Horizons.
http://scitechdaily.com/new-pluto-images-from-new-horizons/
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